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Dalbeth et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012, 13:174 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/13/174

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Prescription and dosing of urate-lowering therapy, rather than patient behaviours, are the key modifiable factors associated with targeting serum urate in gout Nicola Dalbeth1*, Meaghan E House1, Anne Horne1, Keith J Petrie2, Fiona M McQueen3 and William J Taylor4

Abstract Background: Long term serum urate (SU) lowering to a target of